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Plasma diagnostics of planetary nebulae

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Diagnostics for the rarefied plasmas in gaseous nebulae are reviewed, beginning with the pioneering papers of V. A. Ambartsumian. These papers, as well as the diagnostic techniques which have been developed on the basis of ideas contained in them, are discussed. Diagnostic techniques for homogeneous, as well as inhomogeneous, plasmas are described.

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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 363–383 (August 2008).

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Kholtygin, A.F. Plasma diagnostics of planetary nebulae. Astrophysics 51, 294–312 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-008-9017-5

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